Description
Traveling at a rate of a tool per minute, this fast-paced and informative session will help bring your technology toolbox up to speed by categorizing and reviewing resources designed to promote creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and productivity in you and your gifted students.
In this course you will learn:
- Numerous ways to find online resources that promote creativity and creative thinking
- How to promote collaboration among students through the use of technology
- Ways in which critical thinking can be embedded in all content areas
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Brian Housand, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. He completed his doctoral work at the University of Connecticut with an emphasis in both gifted education and instructional technology. Dr. Housand is the current chair of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Computers and Technology network, and he writes the “Untangling Technology” column for Teaching for High Potential. Currently, he is exploring ways in which technology can enhance the learning environment and striving to define what it means to be creatively productive in a digital age.
Rachel – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
So many good tools!
Lisa – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great resource for great resources using technology in classroom and to extend the teacher’s knowledge.
Shelly – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great selections of tools to help both the teacher and their students.
Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like this course because it’s given me resources to take my learning and that of my students forward.
Rolando – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
This presentation is important for those who aren’t tech saavy like me.
Danielle – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Loved all the technological resources and explanation of how to use each, especially in this new age of virtual learning.
Jenny – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –
This course is great. I recommend it to all educators.
Francisca – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Tina – STRATFORD ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation! Don’t pass this one up!
Jennifer – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great infomation